Inside the Right's Plan to Rebrand Sex Ed as 'Child Porn'

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-rights-plan-to-rebrand-sex-ed-as-child-porn?ref=home

Inside the Right’s Plan to Rebrand Sex Ed as ‘Child Porn’
SICK, SAD WORLD
Their new tactics include harassing school boards and calling the cops on librarians.
Will Sommer
Politics Reporter
Published Oct. 05, 2021 5:13AM ET

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Caldwell-Stone pointed out that the books in question in each case don’t meet any legal definition of obscenity or child pornography and are all available through Amazon and major bookstores.

“We’re just deeply concerned about this effort to prosecute librarians and educators for providing constitutionally protected mainstream materials,” Caldwell-Stone said.

The possible prosecutions come amid a new focus on the right in book challenges. A growing right-wing movement to root out the often-imagined teaching of “critical race theory” in schools has driven new challenges for books that cover racial issues, according to Caldwell-Stone.

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“What’s changed is the going-viral moment,” Friedman said.

In Hudson, Ohio, the mayor’s ultimatum prompted a backlash in support of the school board. At a Sept. 27 school board meeting, hundreds of attendees gave the embattled school board members a standing ovation to show their support in the face of the threats.

“This idea that a library should function only to cater to the preferences of one contingent in society is of course anathema to the whole notion of a public library,” Friedman said.

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1. The GOP/KGB are trying to destroy trusted institutions and public servants.

Chaos, division, hatred serve to undermine the fabric of our daily lives.